Definition of "lowered" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of lower. (verb)

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• "Burke gave the process a huge push this week, letting it be known he's adjusted - many would use to the term lowered - his sights to take a deal for a draft pick and/or a prospect, rather than the top-six forward he wanted to spur playoff chances."
• "A boat was lowered from the stranger's side and began to pull toward them."
• "Journalist Powers bemoans the reigning dogma of digital maximalism that requires us to divide our attention between ever more e-mails, text messages, cellphone calls, video streams, and blinking banners, resulting, he argues, in lowered productivity and a distracted life devoid of meaning and depth."